Regions of Japan

Regions and prefectures of Japan

The regions of Japan are the administrative units of prefecture(s) traditionally used as the regional division of Japan. Regions are not officially defined, but traditional concepts divide Japan into the eight regions.

Region	Prefecture
Hokkaido	Hokkaido
Touhoku	Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Kanto	Ibaragi, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa
Chubu	Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
Kansai (Kinki)	Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyougo, Nara, Wakayama
Chugoku	Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku	Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi
Kyushu	Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa